Washing-machine.



PATBNTED APR. 5, 1904. s; M. FARWELL. WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1903.

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PATBNTED APR. 5, 1.904.

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APPLIGATION FILED FEB. 14, 1903.

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a e w r a m -o 193 [Mason UNTTED STATES Patented April 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

SCOTT MONROE FARVVELL, OF HANOVER, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO S. R. JEFFERS, OF LONE WOLF, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Paten No. 756,347, dated April 5, 1904.

Application filed February 14, 1903. Serial No. 148,433- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Soorr MONROE FAR- WELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hanover, in the county of Jo Daviess and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-lVIachines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to make and use the same. I

My invention relates to washing-machines and comprehends certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, as willbe hereinafter clearly set forth, and pointed out in the claims, my prime object being to provide a washing-machine which will possess a minimum number of elements consistent with reliable efiiciency in the performance of its office.

A further object of my invention is to insure that a gentle though thorough and. complete agitation of the clothing to be cleansed will be secured with the least possible exertion on the part of the operator and with the elimination of all possible damage to the clothing during the process of cleansing.

A further object, among others, is to insure a perfect aeration of the water, and thereby utilize the air as a medium in carrying on the cleansing operation or process.

Other objects and,advantages will be hereinafter made clearly apparent, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 shows a perspective view of my invention complete ready for use. Fig. 2 isa vertical longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail View showing the machine in an open position ready for the reception of the clothing to be cleansed, while Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on the median line of the machine, and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of a portion of the corrugated cover.

The various cooperating elements and accessories will for convenience be referred to by numerals, the same numeral applying to a similar part throughout the several views.

In carrying out my invention I provide a 5 body portion or reservoir proper, 1, having suitable supporting-legs 2, whereby the said reservoir or body portion may be held at the desired height. For convenience in handling the machine handles 3 may be provided for the upper side of the reservoir, whereby the machine may be readily lifted into the desired position, as will be obvious. Designed to rotate within the reservoir thus or otherwise provided is the washing-chamber, composed of the disks or end sections 4, properly secured by connecting to the peripheries thereof the corrugated, preferably metallic, covering 5, which thus extends from disk to disk, it being understood that said disks are disposed a suf- 5 ficient distance apart to enable the same to turn freely within the reservoir, each disk being provided with a stub-shaft or journal 6, which finds a bearing in the central portion of the bars or handle-sections 3, thus enabling 7 the entire washing-chamber to be freely rotated within the reservoir, preferably in the manner hereinafter more particularly set forth. I also provide the lid-section 'Z, hinged in place, as indicated by the numeral 8, to the edge of the corrugated covering 5 and provided with the latch or keeper 9, whereby the lid may be securely locked and held in a closed position. I

The corrugated covering 5 is so connected 30 to the peripheries of the disk-sections 4 as to leave a space or series of openings 10, through which the water may freely enter within the washing-chamber proper from the reservoir, inasmuch as the reservoir is designed to be 5 filled with the desired quantity of preferably hot water to which is added a solution of soap or other detergent.

In addition to the corrugations upon the periphery 5 I also provide and locate interiorly 9 in the washing-chambers a plurality of ribsections or corrugations 11, which are secured and held in place by means of the inwardlydirected V-shaped extensions 12, the inner face of each of the disks being provided with a series of said extensions 12 so arranged as to alternate each other or occu ya staggered position, whereby the clothing will be alternately moved from one end of the washingchamberto the other when said chamber is rotated. I also provide in the covering 5 and the lid-section 7 a plurality of openings, also designed to permit the water to more freely enter from the reservoir into the washingchamber, insuring that the water within the washingchamber will always rise to the level of the Water in-the reservoir, and to insure that at each revolution of the washing-chamber the desired quantity of air may be introduced into the water I provide throughout the entire surface of the washing-chamber and secure exteriorly thereto a plurality of cupshaped devices 14:, preferably struck up from the material of the covering 5 and the lidsection 7 and so formed that they will carry down with them a certain quantity of air, which will be released at the bottom of the reservoir as the washing-chamber rotates during the performance of its office. By so forming the cup-shaped members 1 1, as indicated more clearly in Fig. 5, they will be filled with air as they enter the water on their downward course, and by providing a small cooperating aperture 15 adjacent to the cupshaped members, as indicated in Fig. 2, the air carried by the members 14:, having said cooperating apertures 15, will be introduced into the chamber, inasmuch as the air will rise up through said cooperating apertures, as will be readily understood.

In order that the washing-chamber may be freely rotated at the desired speed, I provide upon one of the journals 6 a gear 16, designed to mesh with the driving-gear 17, which latter is mounted upon a suitable journal 18, carried by a contiguous part of the frame. The driving gear 17 is manually controlled by means of the handle 19, and it is obvious that considerable power may be readily applied for the purpose of rotating the washing-chamber and its accompanying load of clothing.

By the construction described in the foregoing specification it is obvious that by reference to Fig. 2 the clothing within the washing-chamber is forced to travel a zigzag or tortuous course-and that said clothing is not only contacted and agitated by the plurality of rib-sections 11, but also by the corrugations upon the covering 5, there always being assured a proper quantity of water within said chamber. 7

By the use of my invention I have therefore provided means for thoroughly agitating the clothing without liability of damaging the same and at the same time insure that the water will be kept in a desirable and aerated condition by the means described for introducing air into the same, inasmuch as it is Well known that the water thus aerated and supplied with a proper quantity of soap or its equivalent will tend to keep the clothing looseand held from more closely matting together. The aeration'of the water also insures more perfect suds and foam. As the water becomes soiled the heavier particles of dirt will tend to settle to the bottom of the reservoir, dropping freely out through the apertures provided in the covering 5 and the lid-section 7 as will be clearly obvious, and thus making it possible to utilize only the upper or cleaner stratum'of water in the reservoir.

My improved washing machine will be found to thoroughly cleanse so'iled clothing in a very short space of time, inasmuch as it has been found by practice that a few revolutions of the washing-chamber will be sufiicient to complete the washing process.

Believing that the construction, operation,

and manner of using my invention have thus been made clearly apparent, further description'is deemed unnecessery.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,- is- 1. In a Washing-machine, a reservoir and support therefor; a cylindrical washing-cham. ber proper, rotatably mounted in said reservoir, said chamber having a corrugated periphery, each corrugation having a plurality of air-carrying cup-likemembers 1 1 and also having an air-releasing aperture to cooperate with each cup-shaped member as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a washing-machine a reservoir and support therefor; a rotatable hollow cylindrical washing-chamber mounted in said reservoir and having a corrugated peripheral face; air-carrying cup-like members formed by being struck from the metal forming said face, each air-carrying cup being provided adjacent thereto with the air-releasing aperture, said air-carrying cups being so located that they will carry down into the Water in the reservoir a quantity of air and release the same through said aperture when said cup members are at their lowest point, substantially as speciscorr MONROE FARWELL.

Witnesses:

' FRANK REFFELT, JOHN ED. SMITH. 

